Christophe Humbert, of Path to SharePoint fame, pinged me yesterday and asked me if I had an autocomplete function in my jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services. Unfortunately, “no” was the answer, so I decided to build one. Et voila! There are lots of functions like this one out there available on the Web. I…
In my post What About Anonymous Writes to SharePoint Lists with Web Services? the other day, I wondered why the SharePoint Web Services don’t allow anonymous updates to SharePoint lists through the Web Services, even when anonymous write access is enabled on those lists. Since then, I’ve gotten two independent answers that tell me that it just…
Here’s the nut of the question. SharePoint’s Web Services fall into two main classes: those that read (generally Get* methods) and those that write. Others don’t really make sense unless you are authorized, like the Users and Groups Web Service. In situations where you are allowing Anonymous Access, it makes perfect sense to be able…
Every once in a while, someone comes back to the jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services (SPServices) site and shares something they have been doing with the library. I read through one today that was impressive, so I thought I’d post it here so more people can read it and see what neato stuff is…
In a previous post entitled The jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services and SharePoint 2010, I talked about the fact that the jQuery Library for SharePoint Web Services (SPServices) basically works with SharePoint 2010. I also promised to pursue “certification” for SharePoint 2010 on a function by function basis so that users of the library could be sure…